“We’re just not happy the way everything runs,” Perry said. “There’s a lot of questions that haven’t been answered. We asked questions and they called us everything you can think of for asking them that.”

Perry says his group will still cook on occasion to raise money for its scholarship fund.

“There will be some Good Ole Boys fans wondering what the heck happened, but there will be other barbecue for other people to eat,” Parker said. “That was Dale’s decision and his group’s decision not to come back.”

Barbecue on the River board member Carol Gault said the board respects Perry's decision and appreciated the early notification so they have ample time to fill Good Ole Boys' vacancy. She said 130 vendors have signed up thus far for this year’s event, which gets underway Thursday, September 26.

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